“Attention to all blacks who plan to vote for Trump,” the sign outside New Era Baptist Church reads, “you are an ignorant stupid negro.” The other side says, “Warning African Americans: A vote for Trump will put Blacks back to picking cotton.”

  • Limonene@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    The latter is a slur, and arguably is currently the most vulgar word in the English language.

    The former is considered archaic (at worst) in English, but completely ordinary in Spanish.